JOHN FLINT, a journalist and longtime Paris resident, is former executive editor of Paris Magazine. He is a board member of AARO, a former board member of the American Club of Paris, and former president of the Anglo-American Press Association of Paris, of which he is still a member.
JOHN C. FREDENBERGER,from Oklahoma, has been an American attorney in Paris since 1971 and AARO board member since 1973.
IVANKA HAHNENBERGER is a Franco-American citizen who has led an international career in business management, finance, film, television and digital production. Ivanka received a BS is International Business and Finance from Cornell University and advanced training in International Credit Auditing from Chase Manhattan Bank. She has pursued her international career focusing on cutting edge technologies within the digital media industry and has founded, developed and consulted with several media companies. Ivanka has lived in over ten different cities around the world.
DON JOHNSON, a retired electronics engineer, in Paris for thirteen years, is a former AARO Vice-President, Issues, member of the American Club, the English Speaking Union, President of Les Arts George V and former vestry member of the American Cathedral. When not lobbying for Americans living overseas, he pursues his interest in music, organizing artistic events at the American Cathedral.
MARY ADAIR JOHNSON has worked in various University settings: eight years as Registrar for the Graduate School of Banking at S.M.U. (Dallas), and ten years as Dept. Mgr, Psychology Dept., Texas Christian Univ., Fort Worth. She belongs to the Garden and Altar Guilds of the American Cathedral, serves on its Newcomer's Committee, and Les Arts George V.
NAN DE LAUBADERE is from Toledo, Ohio. She graduated from the U of Wisconsin with a BA in Art History and pursued her graduate studies at the U of Chicago. She then worked in art-related fields at the Plazzo Pitti Florence, Italy; the St. Louis Art Museum following a brief stint in the catalogue department at the Louvre in 1980. While she and French husband raised their three children, Nan was active in the PTA, AAWE (including President) and FAWCO and has recently become a member of the U of Wisconsin alumni Paris scholarship committee.
ELLEN LEBELLE is a former English teacher and technical writer who is married to a Frenchman and has raised four Franco-American children. Ellen enjoys attending and hosting the AARO Meetup lunches in Paris and the occasional meeting of the investment group. She is a volunteer at the American Library in Paris. Ellen's main interests are voting, taxation, citizenship, improving the communication processes for AARO members and potential new members.
MARGARET LEBRETON, A long time resident, Margaret arrived in Paris to finish a thesis in French literature, married a Frenchman and after settling down, became active in AAWE. After serving as vice president, she started a career in teaching with a business school of the Paris Chamber of Commerce, as an associate professor of English specialized in international trade. While at the CCIP, she supervised a student work exchange program with two American universities and initiated a long-standing internship program with the Commercial Service at the American Embassy. Margaret has four bi-cultural children, two living in Paris, one in London and one in Bangkok, as well as ten grandchildren, ranging in age from 3 to 20.
LUCY STENSLAND LAEDERICH is a past president and the current U.S. Liaison for FAWCO (Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas). She was involved in the drive to get overseas Americans counted in the U.S. Census and has particularly focused on election reform legislation since 2001. She has participated in Overseas Americans Weeks since 2002 and has recently gone twice to Washington to discuss the dangerous unintended effects of FATCA on Americans with foreign spouses and partners. A Vice Chair of the World Federation of Americans Abroad (WFAA) in the early 1990's, she is currently Vice Chair of the Alliance for Military and Overseas Voting Rights (AMOVR). Lucy, who is originally from NYC, holds degrees from the University of Saskatchewan (B.A.), the University of California at Berkeley (M.A.), pursued her studies at the University of Washington (Ph.C.) and moved to France in 1970 with a Fulbright research grant. Lucy, the mother and grandmother of dual-national children, recently moved to Bordeaux where she is a free-lance translator.
TOM ROSE has been a board member of AARO since 1998 and was president from 2000-2004. He heads AARO's social Security and Medicare and Insurance Committees and has participated in annual door-knocks in Washington. A retired attorney, Tom has chaired a subcommittee at the International Chamber of Commerce investigating the laws of private commercial bribery and served as Corporate Counsel for multinational companies. He has resided in Paris for many years and has three dual-national children.
